Andrew pillatt



(No Model.)

A. PILLATT.

CYCLE SADDLE.

`Patented Mar. 15, 1898.

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ANDREV PILLATT, OF NOTTINGHAM, ENGLAND, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO JOHNTHORPE PERRY, OF SAME PLACE.

' CYCLEHIADDLEl SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N0.600,799, dated March 15, 1898.

Application iiled September 19, 1896. Serial No. BQBALLZ. (No model.)

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Be it known that I, ANDREW PILLATT, a subject ofthe Queen of GreatBritain and Ireland, residing at Nottingham, England, have invented anew and useful Cycle-Saddle, of which the following is a speciication.

This invention relates to improvements in cycle-saddles, and is designedto provide a peakless saddle suitable for either ladies or gentlemensuse which shall be free from the anatomical objections which apply tothe ordinary or peaked form of saddle.

According to my invention I form the saddle as a hollow cushion ofrubber having a fiat base and an upper part or crown which is arched orof convex form and is sufficiently y thick to give a resilient supportto the rider without being pressed down upon its base or under part.

This saddle is of approximately circular form, but has at its frontpart, where the peak is usually situated, a curved or segmental recessor indentation in order to avoid perineal pressure. On each side of thisrecess or indentation the saddle is so shaped as to give to its front awave-like appearance.

A vent or air-inlet is provided-say in the` base of the saddle-to allowthe air to freely enter and leave it and to permit of its resuming itsnormal shape on the rider dismounting.

The saddle rests in or upona suitable snpport or frame secured to thesaddle-stalk, and its base is provided with studs or projections whichenter corresponding holes or recesses in the said support or frame andso prevent accidental shifting or displacement.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure lis a plan of a saddle constructedaccording to my invention. Figs. 2 and 8 are sections on the lines x rcand y y of Fig. l, respectively. Fig. 4t is an under side view of thesaddle. Fig. 5 is a plan of the support on which the saddle rests, andFig. G is a section of the said support on the line z z of Fig. 5.

The saddle consists of the upper or seat portion informing an arched orconvex crown, and the base or under portion a', and between whichportions is comprised the air space or cavity d2. The crown or seat partof this saddle gradually increases in thickness from the base upward andis sutticiently strong to support the weight of the rider withoutcollapsing and touching the base. Y

b is the segmental recess or indentation in the front of the saddle, andc are the rounded portions on each side of this recess, which completethe wave-like or curvilinear form of the front of the saddle.

CZ is the vent or air-inlet, by which free ingress and egress of the airare permitted. This vent may advantageously have its edge protected orstrengthened bya metallic eyelet d.

`c is the support or frame on which the saddle rests. It is constructedlightly of metal or other suitable material'and in any convenientmanner-as, for example, by stamping out of sheet metal or by interlacingmetal strips after the manner of lattice-work.

f is the saddle-stalk, to which the support e is secured in anyconvenient manner.

g are the studs or projections on the base of the saddle,which may beconveniently cast or molded in one therewith. 7i are the holes orrecesses in the support e, into which the said studs engage or iit forthe purpose of preventing shifting of the saddle. For this purposelikewise the support may be formed with a raised edge or bead e'.

It will thus be apparent from this construction that as the upper part aof the saddle is of sutcient thickness and strength to resist beingpressed into contact with the base d and closing the vent, and as thereis no valve nor any compressed air inside the saddle, the action isessentially different from that of the pneumatic class of saddle in thatthe rider is supported by the natural resiliency of the material of thesaddle in conjunction with the free air which is always present insidemy saddle. In addition to this the air in the space or cavity a2 helpsto minimize sudden shocks to the cycle, seeing thatl as such air cannotmomentarily pass bodily through the air-vent it temporarily forms anair-cushion.

Having now described my invention, I claim- A cycle-saddle having awave-like front constituting a segmental recess, a base, a rear portioncircular in plan View and arched to my name in the presence of twosubscribing form a resilient seat of suficient strength in witnesses.

itself to support the rider above the base, and

an air-space existing throughout the saddle ANDREW PILLATT 5 andprovided with an open but restricted air- Witnesses:

Vent, substantially as described. C. W. I-IEARN, Jr.,

In Witness whereof I have hereunto signed ARTHUR WHALEY.

